The Yellow Brick Road

Have you ever meditated on the movie, "The Wizard of Oz"?  We all know how the movie ends because we have seen it a million times.  And yet, I feel like I am starring in my own version of the movie and I am Dorothy.  I don't know how my movie ends, but I guess I will find out.

Let's start from the beginning... I feel like sometimes my world (like Dorothy's Kansas house) is upside down.  Lately, it feels like there is no passion, no life, no "color".  I keep going through the motions every single day.  I wake up, go to work, come home, walk the dog, make dinner, maybe watch some TV/read a book, and then repeat, repeat, repeat.  Oh, and that's another thing, I have a dog and her name is Reese (not Toto).

Reese and I have our fun, but honestly, I am looking for something else.  I am looking for adventure, love, joy, eternal happiness.  I find that I am happy based on my circumstances and not just because I am genuinely happy all the time.  I want to find that eternal state of happiness and I want to live there.  Life is hard, but God is good.  Am I living somewhere in the middle of that?  I think I just landed somewhere (munchkinland, otherwise known as the DC metro area) and I need to find out my purpose here.

And therein lies the beginning of my journey on the "yellow brick road".  I am not fooled by my quest for more.  I know that on this journey to find eternal peace, joy, and happiness, there will be trials, there will be evil, there will be situations where the wicked witch (or Satan) will try and detract me from my ultimate destination to the emerald city (Heaven) but God through His Son Jesus Christ (Glenda the good witch) will guide my path and send me help along the way (the Lion, scarecrow, and tinman).  That's the goodness of God, He never leaves you to travel through life alone. Even Jesus had his disciples with Him.  Together, they were able to do amazing things!

So this is my yellow brick road.  It's just me and Reese and we are on this journey together.  I don't know what or who the future will bring, but I am excited to find out. Now if only I had a pair of awesome ruby slippers (or Christian Loubitans), then I can go on my merry way..haha.

Today's Prayer
Dear God, Thank you for your many blessings, for your unconditional love and mercy.  I pray for wisdom and strength as I start this new journey.  I am looking for so many different things but I don't know if these are the things I should be looking for or if you have other things to reveal to me.  Whatever it may be, I pray no matter what happens, you always help me find a way to the road that leads to you.  Not only for me Lord, but for all of us who are lost and need direction in life!  For you said "I am the way and the truth and the life.  No one comes to the Father except through me" (John 14:6).

Happy Day Friends,
Vita